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Mould for Printing Butter. 



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down the shoots of different heights is, that 

 the hedge may be close and thick between 

 the different plaitmgs. 1 have taken notice 

 that they seldom throw out shoots at the sides 

 of the stems, but mostly at the top ; therefore 

 if all the shoots were headed down of an 

 equal height, the hedge would not be so close 

 between the different plaitings, but by head- 

 ing them do;vn at different heights, it will be 

 full and close from the bottom to the top. — 

 Before the second and every other plaiting, 

 the strong side shoots are cut off to three or 

 four inches, and if there should be too many 

 upright strong shoots for plaiting, some of 

 them are cut out, which makes the plaiting 

 easier. After the second and every other 

 plaiting the sides of the hedge are trimmed 

 with a pair of garden shears, but only in the 

 spring; after the hedge is finished, it is to be 

 sheared twice a year, that is, in spring and 

 summer. 



REMARKS. 



1. I call this method the American method, 

 as 1 have neither heard nor read of its being 

 practised elsewhere. 



2. What I call plaiting, is twisting the 

 shoots together in a continuous line. Where 

 they do not keep well together, they should 

 be tied with willows. The longer the shoots 

 are, the easier they are plaited. 



3. The person that plaits the hedge ought 

 to have a pair of good thick leather gloves or 

 mittens, and must also take care not to bend 

 the shoots too short, as they would be apt to 

 break. 



4. To protect the plants against the mice, 

 different methods were tried — first, I made a 

 trench on each side of the hedge about four 

 inches deep, and filled it with unslacked lime 

 — then pieces of woollen rags were dipped 

 in turpentine and put in their holes — and 

 thirdly, I made small balls of dough, made up 

 of flour mixed with arsenic and sugar, and 

 rolled in lard, which were strewed about the 

 hedge before winter. Which of the three 

 methods preserved the hedge most I know 

 not ; at all events after some years it grew 

 too strong for the mice. 



5. If, notwithstanding all care, holes or 

 gaps should happen between the plaitings, 

 these may be closed up with side shoots, in 

 which case the strongest should be left in 

 such places, and not cut off before plaiting. 



6. The hedge does not grow well under 

 the shade of large trees. 



7. I am inclined to think^iat a hedge 

 planted and trained in this way may be fin- 

 ished in six or eight years. 



I remain, most respectfully, 

 Your ob't servant, 



David Peter Schnelleb 



Mould for Printing Butter. 

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Fi-. 14. 

 To the Editor of the Farmers' Cabinet. 



Sir, — I herewith send you for examina- 

 tion, an article, which, 1 think, should be in 

 the hands of every farmer — certainly of eve- 

 ry dairyman — and as I notice a communica- 

 tion in your last number (August) suggesting 

 tlie propriety of making the office of the 

 Farmers' Cabinet a '■'■Depository of Models 

 and Improved Implements,^'' tjrc, I would 

 most respectfully tender the small article 

 above figured, ft is called a "Butter Mould 

 or Stamper" — is very simple in construction, 

 and can be had for a mere trifle. It is not 

 generally known or manufactured, but any 

 mechanic can easily make one. It will last 

 a long time, and needs no repair. 



Description. — The butter stamp consists of 

 a small round box, fastened to a square piece 

 of deal, through the bottoin of which is a hole 

 for the introduction of the handle of a second 

 box, which fits within tlie first. The second 

 box is similar to the first, except it is detached 

 from the bottom, and consists of three pieces 

 of wood hollowed out and made to shut close 

 to each other. Wlien the handle with the 

 bottom attached is drawn down, the pieces 

 fall into a grove running around the bottom 

 of the second box. The butter is weighed 

 and placed in the box, the handle being down. 

 The stamp is then placed on the top of tiie 

 butter, and forced down hard, giving it the 

 proper shape and print — after which the but- 

 ter is turned out complete by forcing tlie bot- 

 tom up, by means of the handle seen in the 

 figure, which causes the second box to fall 

 apart, as it were, and thus releases the butter. 

 This is a very expeditious way of printiiig 

 and moulding butter. 



Fig. A represents the article with the l" li- 

 ter in it — the stamp on and all ready tofii. ' 

 out. B the part or one of tlie side.'? of llio 

 three sided inner box. C the bottom with 

 handle. W. 



New Castle co., Del., Sept. 21, 1839. 



This article may be obtained at No, 87» 

 1 North Second street. 



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